Cooking- stove



(No Model.)

C. MORSE.

GHARGOAL BURNING COOKING STONE.4

No. 388,435. Patented Aug. 28, 1888.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MORSE, OF SYRACUSE, NEV YORK.

CHARCOAL-BURNING COOKING-STOVE..`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,435, dated August28, 1888.

Application filed August 4, 1887.

l'o (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MORSE, of Syracuse, county of Onondaga, inthe State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvewhich the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whieh Figure 1 isavertical section; Fig. 2, a horizontal section taken on linexx, Fig. 1,and Fig. 3, a top plan view.

Similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding partsthroughout the several views.

This invent-ion relates to that class of stovesl which are constructedwith a central fire-pot and combustion-chamber, a perforated wall aroundit, and an oven, the (ire-pot being substantially in the center of theoven, and an ordinary topplate provided with lids.

It consists in the several novel features of construction and operationhereinal'ter described, and which are specifically7 set forth in theclaim hereunto annexed; and my object is to produce a portable stove ofgreat utility, simplicity, and cheapness, as well as great heating,baking, and cooking capacity, with economy -of fuel.

It is constructed as follows:

A is the fire-pot and combustion-chamber, consisting of an oval shell ofsheet or cast metal, shown in the drawings as oval for most of itslength, and thence tapering to a round at its top, where it is closed bya circuiar cover, 1, and having a grate, 3, at the bottom; and 4 is theash-pan.

B is the oven, partially divided by the firepot, which is substantiallyin the center of the oren.

Surrounding the fire-pot,and somewhat separated therefrom, I place avertical oval wall, 5, which is perforated, so that the hot air radiatedfrom the fire-pot can pass through into the oven.

In the bottom of each oven I place a slat- From the top ot the fire-potthe products of combustion, striking against the convexity ofv SerialNo. 246,099. (No model.)

`the cover 1, are dedeeted and carried horizontally over the top of theoven bot-h ways through the dues 8 8, of which the plates 9 9 are thetops, and then returning over the top ofthe plates and between them andthe top of the stove enter the stove pipe and pass off through it andthe chimney. In this manner I obtain, also, downward radiation into theoven, as well as heat the top of the stove.l which is provided withopenings closed by circular lids 12 12.

My object in constructing the `fire-pot and its surrounding perforatedlwall of substan` tially oval shape in 'cross-section is to enable me t0obtain a greater breadth or degree of heating-surface or radiation ateither side, where the greatest amount of heat is essential, and at thesaine time occupying no more longitudinal space in the oven than itwould were it of cylindrical or tubular form in cross-section, and yetat the same time being capable (on account of its oval form) ofgiving amuch greater amount of direct side radiation than any other form ofconstruction.

NVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, in a stove, of an oven provided with an oval fire-potpassing vertically through the center thereof and formed tapering at itsupper portion and provided at its lower portion with a suitable grateand an ash-pan below said grate, an oval perforated wall surrounding thefire-pot and extending upward the height of the oven and sufficientlyseparated from the fire pot to form a radiating-chamber, a convexdeliector-cover situated at thetop of the [ire-pot,horizontally-inounted' deiiecting lines arranged at opposite sides ofthe fire-pot and connecting therewith a short distance below the convexdetlector, and an exit-due at the rear of said deflector-cover, all

vconstructed and operating substantially as dc-

